Read-alikes and related books

Books like Righteous

24 books recommended for fans of Righteous by Joe Ide, tied together by themes of Urban & Street Lit, Cultural Heritage, Private Investigators, and African American & Black.

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Top related books to Righteous

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Righteous.

Joe Ide

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Private Investigators • Crime

When the Thrill is Gone

Walter Mosley

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Private Investigators • African American & Black

The Butterfly Girl A Novel

Rene Denfeld

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Private Investigators • Crime

The Roar of the Butterflies

Reginald Hill

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Private Investigators • Crime

The Waiting

Michael Connelly

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Private Investigators • Crime

Playing Dirty

Kiki Swinson

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

The Overnights An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 3

Ian K. Smith

Themes: Private Investigators • African American & Black • Crime

What it was

George Pelecanos

Themes: Private Investigators • African American & Black • Crime

Soul Circus A Derek Strange Novel

George P. Pelecanos

Themes: Private Investigators • African American & Black • Crime

#10

Chango’s Fire

Ernesto Quinonez

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Cultural Heritage • Crime

#11

The Gentlemen’s Hour A Novel

Don Winslow

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Private Investigators • Crime

#12

Anybody’s Daughter

Pamela Samuels Young

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#13

Blood Grove

Walter Mosley

Themes: Private Investigators • African American & Black • Crime

#14

Dead on Arrival

Kiki Swinson

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#15

Trust No Man

Cash

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#16

August Snow

Stephen Mack Jones

Themes: Private Investigators • African American & Black • Crime

#17

The Reluctant King — K’wan

K'wan

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#18

Death Wish A Story of the Mafia

Iceberg Slim

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#19

Behind the Veil

Suzetta Perkins

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#20

Wired Dawn

Toby Neal

Themes: Private Investigators • African American & Black • Crime

#21

Caught Em Slippin

Al-Saadiq Banks

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Crime

#22

Small Pleasures

Clare Chambers

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Private Investigators • Suspense

#23

Clean Hands

Patrick Hoffman

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Private Investigators • Suspense

#24

The Waiter

Ajay Chowdhury

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Private Investigators • Crime

Fans of Righteous by Joe Ide will find 24 titles here, all united by Urban & Street Lit, Cultural Heritage, Private Investigators. Authors represented include Joe Ide, Walter Mosley, Rene Denfeld, Reginald Hill, and others.